Manicure set for ladies&#39; hand bags



y 1932- s. R. MIRMANN 1,860,261

MA NICURE SET FOR LADIES HAND BAGS A Filed Dec. 22, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I NToK y 1932- s. R. MIRMANN MANICURE SET FOR LADIES HAND BAGS Filed Dec.

22, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 24, 1 932 SALOMON ROBERT MIBMAN'N, on's'r LEIIQLA-EOBET', FRANCE MANICURE sn'r FOR LADIES "HAND, Bass 7 Application filed December 22;;1930, Serial No. 504,097;.a1id'intl francerebruary 4 1930.1

a This inventionhas for its object amanicure set adapted .to be placed in a ladys hand bag and. is essentially characterized by the fact that the pol-isher is made" in the shape of a box, which is closed by a cover and'is adapt edi toencl'ose the various tools as well as the creams or pastesused by manicures for treathands. 7" y Accord" g to the present invention, the manicure set is constituted by two hollow bodies one of which. is externally lined with a "skin serving. topolish the nails and is pro- 'vided, on the inner face-of its bottom, with two: small cups, closed by a cover, adapted to contain the'creams or pastes usually employed for colouring and polishing the nails, and to hold in place a pair of scissors in open position. V

The second hollow body is connected to the first one by a hinged joint and constitutes the cover of the manicure set. It is internally provided with spring clips secured on its bottom and adapted to hold in position, in the said cover, a number of manicure i tools which are placed at one of their ends,

above a spring blade so arranged as to tend to push back the tools located above it upon opening of the clip which embraces them for lifting them and thus allowing to easily remove them. a

V In its preferred embodiment, the manicure set forming the subject-matter of the invention, is provided with a metal cup or cap which fits on the manicure set and covers the skin, in order to ensure'the protection of the latter when the manicure set is not in use.

Moreover, the pair of scissors of the mani understood a form of construction of the manicure set according to the invention will be described hereinafter with referenceto the accompanying drawings, in which:

i Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the manicure set in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan view. Figs 3 and 4- are; vertical sections made respectively according to lines" 3- -8 and 4 r 4= o'fFig. 2; g, Fig; 5' is a. plan "View of the manicureiset in openlposi'tionl c "Figsi 6 and 7 are two vertical sections made respectively according to lines 6-6 and 7-7 ofFigl5 E a Figfi'S shows in frontelevation-thepair of 6 scissors of the manicure set in closedrposition."

' Fig. 9 shows the: same pair of scissors in completely open position. forplacing it in] position in the manicure set.- v 1 1 As illustrated 'n the "accompanying drawings, the manicure 'setformingthe subject- I matter of the invention is essentially constituted by a box h madeofmetali OI'f Ot'llGI suitable materialand closed by a metal cover 0 2 provided with a covering of suitabl eEinateriallwitlr ahandle 3 and-connected; by a'hinge ,totl1e box;1 .f 1 @n'the-box 1' issecured a skin5foifpolish; V ing the nails, and'a cap 6, made ofmetalior 75 other'material, and so arrangedas to tightly fiton the box 1 for-entirely covering the skin 5. andr protecting, it when the manicure set is notinuse. j" a The box 1 is internally providedwith two cups 7 and 8 secured on'its bottom and each closecl-by a cover 910;these; cups 7 and 8 are adapted to containthecreams or-pastes used by manrcures for'treating the nails.

- The box-body thus devised serves; as @735 housing for a pair of scissors, the two curyed blades 11 of-which,pivotedone onfthe other at Hand terminated by rings 13' in the known manner, are-each cut awaya-t l lh r'as shown inrF g. 8, so as; to bring thessaid bladespas "9o illustrated in Fig, 9', in such an openiposition;

that bot-hangs 13 maybe-fittedover the cups 7. and 8' the manicure set andthat the pair of scissors, in this open position, be housed in the boX' -l and held in; thesaidicupsZ and 8.4 p a H V v Theicover' serves to'rec'eive Ithervarious tools used by manicures and,',for that'pur pose, it 'is provided with spring clipsglfl equal in number to that of' the tools tobe.

p ce in: the has by 3 placed in the cover,'and each so arranged as 'toresiliently embrace one of these tools and to hold 'it in position in the cover.

In the example illustrated, these tools, five in number, are respectively a nail-scraper 15,

afiesh-pusher 16, a file 17, a nail-cleaner 18- and a corn-cutter l9. They are each'constituted by a suitably shaped steel blade securedina fiat handle terminated at its flesh-pusher, as clearly shown in Fi'g'p5.

free 'end, by a tapered portion serving as The under surface of the cover 2 is fitted with a leaf spring 21 above each of the oper being open as; shown in 7 therebyifrom the ,V I.claim:

erative ends of t he tools,'suc'h spring acting i normally to hold the tool'agai'n'st the clips By means of this arrangement, the polish-.

*ig. 5, if two pairs of the clips 14 are'opened byhand, the corresponding tools pushed back by the spring blade 21 are lifted slightlytofbelpositioned between'the outer ends of; the clips and emerge above the others so as that it can be conveniently grasped and easily removed 1 from ,the'manicureset In the same open position of. the polishenthe pair of scissors can obviously be removed from the manicure set andjreplaced after use without any difficultyr W r The above described arrangements are,vof

.course," given by way of exampleronly; the

sition for its removal.

ed to resiliently embrace'and hold other man:-

icure tools in position in'thesaid cover, and

means in this cover for facilitating the re} 5 moval ofithetools'it contains.

- 3. A manicure setadapted to bevpla'ced in a ladys hand bag, comprising a box body, a V

skin for polishingthe nails, fitted on this body, a removable capadaptedito cover and protect the skin, a"hollow cover adapted to close the saidbox and to constitute with the I latter thep'olisher of themani'cureset, a hamdle on this cover forhandling the polislier, two cups secured on the bottomrof thebox body andadapted to contain pastes for treat- "mg the nails and to hold nail's'cisso'rs in po sitionin the said box body a lid closing each i I of the said cups, spring clips} secured onthe bottom of the cover and adapted to resilient ly embrace and hold other manicure tools; in s5 positionin the said cover, afspring blade seI- cured on the bottom of the cover and adapted to determine, after openingof one 'of the springclips, the lifting of one of the-ends of V the tool corresponding to the, said clip and; c r 1 the presentation of this tool in suitable po- The foregoing specification of' my manicure set for ladies hand bags, signed by-me this 2nd day of December, 1930. V

' SALOMON ROBERT for-ms, materials anddimensions ,of the constituentparts, as well as the. constructional details can be modified without departing scope of the invention;

1; A manicure thejsaid box and'constituting with the latter tliepolisherof the manicure set, two cups secured on the bottom of the box body and nails-and forholding nailscissors in open each vof the said cups, means for securing and holding in position other manicurev tools in w set: adapted tojbe placed in I 1 a ladys hand bag, comprising a boxcbody, a I p Q skincfor polishing the nails, fitted on this box body; a removablecap adapted to cover and protect the skin, a, hollow cover for closing [adapted toxcontain pastes for treating the I I position in the said box body, a lid closing the cover, and means for'facilitating theremoval. of these tools." v I I I V V I 2, A manicure set adapted to be placed in a rladys hand bag, comprising a box body,

askin or ushi g the must, fitted was I 1 box body, a removable cap adapted to cover 1 and protect the skin, a hollow covers a apted fto close the said box and to constitute with 1 the latter the ,polisherof thefmanic'ureset, a handle on this cover for handling 'the"pol-,

'i'sher, two cups secured on the bottom of the J b'oxbody and adapted to contain pastes for Y "treating the nails and to hold nail scissors v in position in the .saidbox body, a lid closmg'each of the said cups, spring clips see' r ni ebe bm 91 he cover ce fl e t- 

